Nina Dobrev Quotes

We must be our own before we can be another's.

With any relationship that you have, don't lose yourself in it.

My life choices are not supposed to be the gateway to somebody else's. That's my journey.

Be yourself, take control of your life.

Growing up is not being so dead-set on making everybody happy.

As a southern woman, we often define ourselves by who we are with. But I wanted my life to be built differently.

I don't need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.

I don't think you can really, truly be the partner you want to be until you know on an absolute level that you are a complete person on your own.

I know how important it is to, you know, to be my own person.

You can't ever put yourself in a position where someone is requiring you to inhabit somebody else's energy. You have to own your thing, or own it with very fiber of your being.

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.

I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.

I don't think about what other people want from me.

You have to separate yourself from your parents. You do. In order to find yourself.

I wanted to have a personal life that I fully inhabited, not because I am such a great mom, but for me.

I'm my own person, and I want people to know me for who I am.

It's just about keeping people who are close to me, near. It's important to have people around who love themselves, are true to themselves, who have their own hobbies and their world doesn't revolve around Hollywood.

When I was younger, all I cared about was what people thought of me and my films. Now I care less about catering, hand-serving, hand-feeding the audience. I've gotten to the point now in my life where I'm serving myself.

I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what that is.

You just get out there and be what you want to be. That's part of evolving and part of staying true to yourself - part of remaining alive in a real authentic, long-term sense creatively: not listening to what other people tell you to be.

For me, I never want anyone outside of my immediate family and outside of me to have the power to alter the way that I walk, talk, shop, or date. When you start feeding off of that outside acceptance and accolades, you lose sight of what's actually real. Once you get there, it's kind of hard to double back.

I have to be true to myself, and that's what I know for sure. I can't try to be anybody else.

It's nice to finally be my own person.

I've learned that even just as an individual, regardless of who I am, and regardless of who anyone is, to really be true to yourself and your own self expression and really use your voice for that.

I am my own man now; I can think for myself, whereas when I was 20, 21, I always wanted to please others.